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====Christ Chapel====
[[Image:Christ-Chapel-gustavus-adolphus-st-peter-minn.JPG|thumb|left|170px|Christ Chapel, built in 1959–1961]]
Christ Chapel is a church in the center of Gustavus Adolphus College. Constructed from March 2, 1959, to fall 1961, the chapel was dedicated on January 7, 1962. Its construction was made possible by gifts from the congregations of the Lutheran [[Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church|Augustana Synod]], a predecessor body of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], which is affiliated with the college. [[Ecumenism|Ecumenical]] services are held each weekday and Sunday during the academic year. There is seating for 1,500 people in the chapel, 1,200 on the main floor, and 300 on the balcony. It is the largest seating area on campus.

The chapel and surrounding grounds are adorned by the sculptures of [[Paul Granlund|Paul T. Granlund]], the former artist-in-residence at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Christ Chapel's organ was originally built by Hillgreen-Lane when the Chapel was built. It has been significantly altered in the last 30 years. These renovations, carried out by David Engen and more recently by the Hendrickson Organ Company of St. Peter, include a new console with solid-state combination and relay, moving several ranks of pipes from an antiphonal position in the basement into the main organ above the balcony, restructuring the Swell mixture, and extensive repairs after the 1998 tornado. It has 55 speaking ranks of pipes, played from a four-manual console, and preparation on the new Great chest for a mounted Kornet V stop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gustavus.edu/chaplain/christchapel.php|title=Christ Chapel|publisher=Gustavus Adolphus College}}</ref> The Chapel also houses a small portative organ of three stops on one manual that is used for accompanying and especially for continuo playing in Baroque compositions.

On March 29, 1998, the chapel's spire was toppled by the [[1998 Comfrey—St. Peter tornado outbreak|tornado]], which left most of [[St. Peter, Minnesota]] in ruins. On March 17, 2008, the cross atop the spire was hung from the chapel's ceiling during a service marking the 10th anniversary of the tornado.